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Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ὁ

   HO

   {the}
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 ὅτι ἐγγὺς ἦν ὁ τόπος τῆς πόλεως ὅπου ἐσταυρώθη ὁ Ἰησοῦς·

   HO-ti eng-GYS ÊN HO TO-pos TÊS PO-le-ōs HO-pou e-stau-RŌ-thē HO ee-ay-SOOS

   because the place of the city where {the} Jesus was crucified was near
3. clause🔊 τοῦτον οὖν τὸν τίτλον πολλοὶ ἀνέγνωσαν τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ὅτι ἐγγὺς ἦν ὁ τόπος τῆς πόλεως ὅπου ἐσταυρώθη ὁ Ἰησοῦς·

   TOU-ton OUN TON TI-tlon pol-LOI a-NEG-nō-san TÔN i-ou-DAI-ŌN HO-ti eng-GYS ÊN HO TO-pos TÊS PO-le-ōs HO-pou e-stau-RŌ-thē HO ee-ay-SOOS

   therefore many of the Jews read this the inscription because the place of the city where {the} Jesus was crucified was near
4. sentence🔊 τοῦτον οὖν τὸν τίτλον πολλοὶ ἀνέγνωσαν τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ὅτι ἐγγὺς ἦν ὁ τόπος τῆς πόλεως ὅπου ἐσταυρώθη ὁ Ἰησοῦς· καὶ ἦν γεγραμμένον Ἑβραϊστί, ⸂Ῥωμαϊστί, Ἑλληνιστί⸃

   TOU-ton OUN TON TI-tlon pol-LOI a-NEG-nō-san TÔN i-ou-DAI-ŌN HO-ti eng-GYS ÊN HO TO-pos TÊS PO-le-ōs HO-pou e-stau-RŌ-thē HO ee-ay-SOOS KAI ÊN ye-gram-ME-non he-bra-i-STI RHÔ-ma-i-STI hel-lê-nis-TI

   therefore many of the Jews read this the inscription because the place of the city where {the} Jesus was crucified was near and was written in Hebrew in Latin in Greek

Exegesis

A causal subclause introduced by hoti {ὅτι | hó-ti} explains why many could read it: engys ēn ho topos tēs poleōs {ἐγγὺς ἦν ὁ τόπος τῆς πόλεως | eng-gýs ēn ho tó-pos tēs pó-le-ōs} uses the adverb engys “near” with the copula to describe the proximity of “the place of the city.”

The relative adverb hopou {ὅπου | hó-pou} introduces a locative relative clause specifying that this is where estaurōthē ho Iēsous {ἐσταυρώθη ὁ Ἰησοῦς | es-tau-rō-thē ho Iē-soûs}, “Jesus was crucified,” with the passive verb highlighting what was done to Him.

Root and etymology

titlos🔊 τίτλοςtau–iota–tau–lambda–omicron–sigma

“inscription, label, title”

• 🔊 τίτλοςtitlosinscription, titleJohn 19:19